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As a HUGE fan of Diary of a Wombat, I was more than thrilled when given the opportunity to revisit Jackie French's rascally wombat. I loved of the sequel of sorts, Christmas Wombat and her nonfiction book, How to Scratch a Wombat. I knew next to nothing about these brown, round, lazy creatures. Wombat Goes to School continues the dry, deadpan humor and spare text of its predecessors. She eats. She sleeps. She scratches. What's this? She finds a hole! She smells carrots! She follows her nose and ends up in school where she hilariously wreaks havoc and ends up in the principal's office.
Fans of the Wombat books will not be disappointed. New fans can start here and work back through the earlier books. It seems that How to Scratch a Wombat has gone out of print. Too bad, since it was the perfect fiction/ nonfiction pairing for curious minds. I also learned that there are two additional titles in the pipeline - Wombat Wins, releasing in September and Grandma Wombat, set to release in January.
Bruce Whatley's acrylic illustrations convey wombat adorable-ness with understated humor and luscious colors. Mothball is the perfect distraction at school in her single-minded quest for carrots! I now have a granddaughter and may just have to put together a Wombat collection for her home library! Wombat Goes to School is the perfect addition to the read aloud rotation. I just loved it.
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